Coryphophylax subcristatus, the short-crested bay island forest lizard, is an agamid lizard found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It does not occur south of 7° 11' 58.94" N (as of Aug 2004).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Coryphophylax |
| Species: | C. subcristatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coryphophylax subcristatus (Blyth, 1861)
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| Synonyms | |
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Gonyocephalus subcristatus Blyth 1861 | |
References edit
- Blyth, E. 1860 J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 29: 23.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
- Krishnan, S. 2005. PHYLOGENETIC STATUS AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE AGAMID CORYPHOPHYLAX BLYTH, 1861 (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA). unpublished Masters Thesis - University of Texas at Arlington.
External links edit
- Reptile database
- http://www.uta.edu/faculty/shreyas/research.htm Shreyas Krishnan's research page
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